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Reinforcement of structural members

EP 0827563 B1 · Applicant: Devonport Royal Dockyard Limited

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  • Filed January 22, 1996 and granted March 17, 1999. A European patent lasts at most 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 22, 2016.
  • A supplementary protection certificate, which can extend a medicine or crop-protection patent, adds at most five and a half years, so even that would have ended by July 22, 2021.
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FiledJanuary 22, 1996
PublishedMarch 11, 1998
GrantedMarch 17, 1999
Term endedJanuary 22, 2016
Application numberEP 96900635
Classification (CPC)E04G23/04 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedJan 22, 1996PublishedMarch 11, 1998Patent grantedMarch 17, 1999Term endedJan 22, 2016

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